1[intransitiveI]LAUGH to make sounds with your voice, usually while you are smiling, because you think something is funny 發出笑聲,(大)笑
Maria looked at him and laughed.
瑪麗亞看着他大笑起來。
laugh at/about
‘I didn’t know what I was doing, ’ she said, laughing at the memory.
“我做了什麽自己都不知道。” 她說道,自嘲起自己的記憶力。
Tony was laughing so hard he had to steady himself on the table.
托尼笑得太厲害了,靠着桌子才能讓自己站穩。
Nora laughed so much that she nearly cried.
諾拉笑得眼淚都快出來了。
laugh heartily/uproariously/hysterically etc (=laugh a lot) 開懷大笑/哄然大笑/歇斯底裏地大笑等
The kids tumbled around on the floor, laughing hysterically.
孩子們狂笑着在地板上打滾。
He couldn’t help it; he burst out laughing (=suddenly started laughing).
他情不自禁地放聲大笑起來。
laugh your head off 狂笑不已
He’s one of the few writers who can make me laugh out loud.
有幾位作家能讓我放聲大笑,他是其中之一。
2[transitiveT]SAY/STATE to say something in a voice that shows you are amused 笑着說
‘You look ridiculous!’ Nick laughed.
“你看起來真可笑!” 尼克笑着說。
3not know whether to laugh or cryUPSETANNOYto feel upset or annoyed about something bad that has happened, but also able to see that there is something funny about it 哭笑不得
And when I couldn’t find the passports – honestly, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!
而當我找不到護照的時候——說真的,我不知道該笑還是該哭!
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not know whether to laugh or cry• When the wholecake fell off the table, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
4don’t make me laughspokenNO used when someone has just told you something that is completely untrue, asked for something impossible etc 别開玩笑了
‘Can you finish this by tomorrow?’ ‘Don’t make me laugh.’
“你明天能做完嗎?” “别開玩笑了。”
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don’t make me laugh• "Could you finish this by tomorrow?" "Don't make me laugh."
5no laughing matterinformalSERIOUS/NOT JOKING something serious that should not be joked about 嚴肅的事,不是鬧着玩的事
It’s no laughing matter having to walk by a group of rowdy drunks every night just to get home.
每天晚上回家都得從一群吵吵鬧鬧的醉漢身邊經過,可不是開玩笑的事。
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no laughing matter• Dole and his staff know that agediscrimination is no laughing matter.• But Dole and his staff know the age issue is no laughing matter.• But it is no laughing matter.• But the issue of physicians and their handwriting is no laughing matter.• I am a goutsufferer, and it's no laughing matter.• The second FleetStreetsensation was no laughing matter.• They looked as though they knew already that life was no laughing matter.• This Jell-O-head business is no laughing matter.• It is no laughing matter, however.
6be laughed out of court (also be laughed out of town/business etc American English)MAKE FUN OF if a person or idea is laughed out of court etc, the idea is not accepted because people think it is completely stupid 被一笑了之,被置之不理
We can’t propose that! We’d be laughed out of court!
7.you have to laughspokenFUNNY used to say that, even though a situation is annoying or disappointing, you can also see that there is something funny about it 還是值得一笑〔指盡管情況令人心煩或失望,但其中有些事還是很好笑〕
8.be laughing all the way to the bankinformalRICH to make a lot of money without making much effort 一路笑着去銀行,輕鬆地賺到大錢
9.somebody will be laughing on the other side of their facespokenREGRET/FEEL SORRY used to say that although someone is happy or confident now, they will be in trouble later 某人將轉笑爲哭,某人將轉喜爲憂
10be laughingBritish EnglishBrE spoken informalHAPPYSATISFIED to be happy or in a good situation, for example because something has had a successful result for you 正高興;正處於佳境
Well they paid me, didn’t they, so I’m laughing.
喏,他們付錢給我了,是不是,所以我正高興着呢。
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be laughing• Initially, she claimed that when she left the gardens, Mrs McMullen was laughing and joking with McLean.• But Fatima was laughing and loving herself with crossed arms.• The eyes on her back were laughing at her, judging her.• Bill Shankly will be laughing somewhere up there as well.• Both men were laughing, then talking in lowervoices, and only snatchesdrifted to her now.• They are laughing, they are talking.• Late the next morning, Hickswas laughing to himself as he drove.• He was laughing with a group of femaletechnicians and did not seem to be aware that anything unusual had happened.
11laugh in somebody’s faceRUDE/IMPOLITEto behave towards someone in a way that shows that you do not respect them 當面嘲笑[取笑]某人
I told my sister what I thought, and she just laughed in my face.
我把我的想法告訴姐姐,她竟然當面嘲笑我。
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laugh in somebody’s face• I confronted my daughter, but she just laughed in my face.• If she warnedAce what her fatherexpected of him he'd laugh in her face.• If some one had told her what was going to happen she would have laughed in their face.• The next time you hear a native-born athletecomplain about adversity, remember Livan Hernandez and laugh in his face.• When I was four, I told my sister about the Creation, and she laughed in my face.• He mocksdeath, laughs in its face, and others of his ilklaugh in a chorus all around him.• Instead, have fun with our great £25,000 series of slump-busting contests and laugh in the face of Lamont.• This is the last in our great £25,000 series of slump-busting contests to help you laugh in the face of Lamont.• Ryan laughed in my face, which is what I expected.
12.laugh up your sleeveRUDE/IMPOLITEto be secretly happy, especially because you have played a trick on someone or criticized them without them knowing 暗笑,竊笑,偷笑
13laugh at somebody/somethingphrasal verbphr v
a)LAUGHto make unkind or funnyremarks about someone, because they have done or said something you think is stupid 嘲笑,取笑SYN tease
I’m afraid the other kids will laugh at me because I don’t understand.
我擔心其他孩子會取笑我不懂。
b)SERIOUS/NOT JOKINGto seem not to care about something that most people would worry about 不在乎,漠視
Young offenders just laugh at this sort of sentence.
年輕的罪犯對這種判決根本不在乎。
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laugh at • Most of the animals like a bit of a giggle and the hyenas will laugh at anything.• Students who took the course were laughed at because their faces swelled up and they walked around with their heads in bandages.• I can't help laughing at him.• I saw him flush it down the toilet so that no-one will laugh at his spottychest in the showers!• Samantha spent the night laughing at me.• Today, I hear them laughing atreasonabledemands they would have previously paid.• Behind their departing backs, Ladislaw laughs at the incongruity of the engagedcouple.• If Cassie had not been so consumed by rage, she would have laughed at this last and patently childish remark.
14laugh something ↔ offphrasal verbphr vSERIOUS/NOT JOKINGto pretend that something is less serious than it really is by laughing or joking about it 用笑擺脫;對…一笑了之
Knox laughed off rumors that he would be running for mayor.
諾克斯對自己要競選市長的傳言一笑了之。
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laugh off• By this time Irene was emitting a steadygurgle of contentment, when she wasn't laughing her head off.• Louise: Ursula would have laughed her head off.• Joey stood in the door laughing his head off and Noreen peered over his shoulder, her hands over her mouth.• We laugh it off as a bunch of California New Age woo-woos playing with rocks.• She'd laughed her head off at his contribution to the couplet, and now she'd sent it in.• She had laughed it off, but I fancied she had found the situation embarrassing.• Old Warleigh would laugh his head off if I put reasons like that to him.• She laughed and rushed off, late, to her costume fitting.
COLLOCATIONS
nverbs
burst out laughing (=suddenly start laughing)
She looked at him and burst out laughing.
make somebody laugh
I like Ron, he makes me laugh.
begin/start to laugh
He suddenly began to laugh.
want to laugh (=to feel like laughing, even though it might be more polite not to)
He was so earnest that I wanted to laugh.
try not to laugh (=to not laugh, even though something is funny, because it would not be polite)
‘Are you all right?’ Amy said, trying not to laugh.
fall about laughingBritish EnglishBrE (=laugh a lot)
He saw the look on my face and he just fell about laughing.
nadverbs
laugh hysterically (=laugh so much that you cannot stop, because you find something extremely funny)
The people at the next table were laughing hysterically at us.
laugh heartily especially written (=laugh a lot)
Misha laughed heartily throughout the play.
laugh out loud/aloud (=laugh so that other people can hear you)
Some parts of the book were so funny that they made me laugh out loud.
phrases
laugh your head off (=laugh a lot) 狂笑不已
nThe audience laughed its head off all the way through.
nlaugh till you cry/laugh till the tears run down your face
He leaned back in his chair and laughed till the tears ran down his face.
THESAURUS
laugh to make sounds with your voice and move your face, because you think that something is funny 發出笑聲,(大)笑
He looked so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.
他看上去好滑稽,我們都忍不住大笑起來。
giggle to laugh quickly in a high voice, especially in a slightly silly way, or because you are nervous or embarrassed 〔因緊張或尴尬而〕咯咯笑,傻笑
A group of teenage girls were giggling in a corner.
一群十幾歲的女孩子在角落裏咯咯笑着。
She tends to giggle when she meets new people.
她遇見生人就會傻笑。
chuckle to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about or reading something funny 低聲輕笑,暗笑
He was chuckling to himself over an article in the paper.
他讀着報上一篇文章,輕聲笑了出來。
n‘We used to get up to all kinds of mischief.’ She chuckled at the memory.
sniggerBritish EnglishBrE, snickerAmerican EnglishAmE to laugh quietly in an unkind or unpleasant way, for example when someone is hurt or embarrassed 〔不懷好意地〕偷笑
Billy stood up and started to sing, and one or two people sniggered.
比利站起身開始唱歌,有一兩個人偷偷地笑。
ntitter to laugh quietly in a high voice, especially about something that is rude or about sex, or is embarrassing for someone
As a nation we love to titter over politicians’ sex scandals.
schoolboys tittering over a magazine
roar with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a deep voice 放聲大笑
I could hear my father roaring with laughter at something on TV.
我聽見父親被電視上的什麽東西引得放聲大笑。
shriek with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a high voice 尖聲大笑
Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter.
帕齊尖聲大笑,追着他跑下樓來。
howl with laughter to laugh very loudly – used especially about a group of people laughing together 〔尤指一群人〕狂笑
His plays have made audiences howl with laughter.
他的劇作總讓觀衆狂笑。
in stitches laughing so much that you cannot stop 忍俊不禁
It was such a funny film – it had us all in stitches.
那部電影太好笑了,惹得我們笑個不停。
guffaw /ɡəˈfɔː $ -ˈfɒː/ to laugh very loudly and without trying to stop yourself 大笑不止
The audience guffawed at his nonstop jokes.
他的笑話一個接一個,觀衆笑聲不斷。
cackle to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way 刺耳地大笑
The old woman cackled at the trouble she was causing.
那老婦人惹下了麻煩,卻嘎嘎大笑。
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laugh• "It won't even be cold when we get there, " Sabina laughed.• Mrs Meiers blamed me because I laughed.• I thought Dad would be angry, but he just laughed.• We just looked at each other and burst out laughing.• I couldn't understand what they were all laughing about.• I laughed all the way through the film.• Looking down, she saw him beside a bush, only halfconcealed, laughing at her face.• No-one laughed at his jokes.• Humans can be reduced to tears by tickling, but most of the time we laugh because of auditorycues.• Frankly, we don't know whether to laugh or cry.• We were laughing so hard we couldn't stop.
laugh at/about• Why should Willi always make himself look so ludicrous so that people laughed at him?• You can laugh at his sideburns.• He can laugh about his strangecircumstances and at himself.• When Gyggle first explained this experiment to me I almost laughed at how facile it was.• But most of all, children laugh at jokes that are a play on words.• She is laughing at our ignorance.• I can laugh about Santana, but he embarrassed me and it cost me.• Everybody laughed at the joke.• You get him and the classlaughing at you.
laugh2 ●●●S3 noun
1LAUGH[countableC] the act of laughing or the sound you make when you laugh 笑;笑聲
He gave a short laugh.
他笑了一聲。
with a laugh
‘What a mess!’ she said, with a laugh.
“多亂啊!” 她笑了一聲說道。
2[countableC] if something is a laugh, you have fun and enjoy yourself when you are doing it 開心愉快的事
We all went to the beach last night – it was a really good laugh.
昨晚我們都去海灘了——真好玩啊。
The other campers were nice, and we had a great laugh together.
其他幾個露營者人很好,我們一起玩得很開心。
It was a great holiday with lots of laughs.
假期很愉快,有許多好玩的事。
3somebody is a (good) laughBritish EnglishBrEFUNNY used to say that someone is amusing and fun to be with 某人很有趣
I like Peter – he’s a good laugh.
我喜歡彼得——他這人很風趣幽默。
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somebody is a (good) laugh• I notice Harding is collapsed beside McMurphy and is laughs ing too.• Dennis is laughing, head held back.• What you want to do is laugh, but everyone is afraid to laugh.• Her head is thrown back, and she is laughing.• Across the room, a table of young men in fitted shirtsis laughing heartily and splashing out wine.• I can't understand what is said, but one of the techniciansis laughing.• The banter between us is a laugh.
4for laughs (also for a laughBritish EnglishBrE) for fun 爲了好玩
We took the hot-air balloon ride, just for laughs.
5that’s a laughspoken used to say that something is silly or unlikely 簡直是笑話〔用於表示某事荒唐或不可能〕
Me? Star in a film? That’s a laugh.
我?主演一部電影?簡直是笑話。
6have the last laughto finally be successful, win an argument etc, after other people have earlier criticized you, defeated you etc 笑到最後,取得最後成功[勝利]
Men make jokes about women drivers, but women have the last laugh – their insurance rates are cheaper.
男人嘲笑女人開車,但是笑到最後的卻是女人她們的保費更低。
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have the last laugh• Yet women drivershave the last laugh.• Boy did he have the last laugh.• Holding a rollingpin and determined to have the last laugh.
7.be a laugh a minuteinformalFUNNY to be very funny – sometimes used humorously to mean that someone or something is not at all funny 有趣,很好笑〔有時幽默地形容十分無趣〕
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verbs
give/let out a laugh 大笑
She gave a loud laugh.
她大聲笑起來。
get a laugh (also draw a laughBritish EnglishBrE written) (=be laughed at) 獲得笑聲
Most of his jokes didn’t even get a laugh.
他的大部分笑話甚至沒人發笑。
get a laugh out of somebody (=make someone laugh) 讓某人發笑
I always managed to get a laugh out of my audience.
我總是能夠逗觀衆發笑。
have a laugh about/at/over something (=laugh about something) 爲某事物發笑
The farmer had a good laugh at our attempts to catch the horse.
我們費盡氣力想抓住那匹馬,惹得那農場主哈哈大笑。
I could use a laugh (=I want to hear something funny to cheer me up) 讓我開心開心
Tell me what she said - I could use a laugh.
告訴我她說了些什麽——讓我開心開心。
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + laugh
a good laugh 好笑
We all got a good laugh out of it later.
後來我們都覺得它很好笑。
a big laugh 大笑
There was a big laugh from the crowd.
人群一陣大笑。
a short/little/small laugh 笑了笑
He let out a nervous little laugh.
他緊張地笑了笑。
a loud/soft laugh 大聲/輕聲的笑
nHe let out a loud laugh when he heard what had happened.
a belly laugh (=a deep loud laugh) 捧腹大笑
nIt’s the kind of comedy that raises a smile rather than a belly laugh.
na hearty laugh (=a loud laugh that shows you really enjoyed something)
With a hearty laugh, he began to tell the story.
na nervous laugh
‘Don’t be silly, ’ she said with a nervous laugh.
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laugh• "She says she'll be here early to help." "That's a laugh."• She gave a little nervous laugh and glanced towards Robyn.